corm

Senso (Inglese)

A short, vertical, swollen, underground stem of a plant (usually one of the monocots) that serves as a storage organ to enable the plant to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as drought.

Concetti

cormo

bulbotubero

sinonimi

tuber

root

taro

caudex

dasheen

pseudobulb

bulb

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bulbotuber

Traduzioni

cormo

corm

knol

tubercule

cormus

bulbotuber

Bolle

Cormo

bulbe

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Etimologia (Inglese)

From scientific Latin cormus, from Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós, “trunk stripped of its boughs”).